Necktie-fastener.



No. 878,734. PATENTED FEB. ll, 1908. G. LE SAGE.

NEGKTIE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7. 1906.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE, j

GIDEON- LE SAGE, OFLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

NECKTIE-FASTEER.

l Specification of Letters Patent.V

Patented Feb. 11, 190s.

Application filed May 7. 1906.. Serial No. 315,533.

` and the like, and has particular .reference to a fastener adapted tohold a necktie in place.

ff Thev object of this invention is to provide a simple device overwhich a portion of a neck- "tie 1s secured and tied, and by means ofwhich the unpleasant feature of forcibly evening or 'unevening therespective ends of the tie is'` obviated. A A further objectof thisinvention is the provision of a tie-holder which is ada ted to sit onthe shank portion of a collar utton, the holder being held in place bysuitable extensionsarranged to lie against a ortion of fthe collar band,and be there hel in place by the overla ping portion, as in the case ofturn-down co lars` Many arrangements have hitherto been devised forforming ties and bows upon suitable members for the purpose. of avoidingthe\v strain and pull incident to the pulling of the tie after it isonce placed between the fold of the collar and'upon the neck-band of ashirt but in nearly all of these arrangements the bow or knot'was ma eunalterable in that the parts thereof were sewed together and lthearrangement for adjusting it to the button of a collar, made a part ofthe tie or knot. Thus, whena tie became worn it was discarded and theattaching feature of no use for other ties; consequently, necessitatingthe j. urchase of a new one.

' ith the device'I am about to describe, I'

have overcome these disadvantages, and by it any style of knot may betied on to it and untied from it without injuring the fastener or theneck-tie; and furthermore, the tie with the fastener in my invention maybe removed without disturbing it and Without removing the stick-pin ifsuch may. have been placed in the tie of the wearer, thus dispensingwith the necessity of reinserting the pin whenever the tie is formed.

With these and other objects inview, my

' invention consists in the features and details of construction as w1llbe described 1n con.t

nection with the accompanying drawing, and

thenbe more particularly pointed out in the claims. j

In the drawing, `Figure 1 represents a front .view of the device', Fig.2, a like view artly in section; Fig. 3, a vertical section;

ig. 4 a back view with a neck-tie attached; and Fig. 5, a front viewshowing the fastener as applied to a collar.

Specific reference being had to the drawing, 1 designates the deviceformed by bending a strand of.wire,-the end of which is incased in atube 3,-upon itself to form a wing 2; thereupon bringing said strandthrough said tube, as shown at 4. thence out and away from said tube, asshown at 5 thence back into said tube, the intermediate portion beingformed into a loo 6, and out at the opposite side thereof to orm theopposite wing 7, the end of said wing terminating within the tube 3.After the Jformation of the wings 2 and 7 res ectively, they are curvedupon themselves incide with the contour of the curvature of the collarupon which they are arranged to rest andbepressed by the outside oroverla ping o the collar, as shown at 8. T el end formed in the wingsact to render the said wings resilient and to insure a better holdthereof by the collar. After the formation of the first wing, the wireis passed through and out of the tube 3, downwardly and to the rear ofsaid tube when in position for use as shown in Fig. 3 thence back intosaid tube and thence outwardly to form the final loo 7, the end of whichis secured-or rests wit in the tube 3. The portion of the strand lyingdirectly beneath said tube is provided with an inverted U-shaped slot 6adapted to sit on the collar-button. Through the space 9 formed betweensaid U-shaped slot and the tube 3, one end of the tie is passed, asshown at 10, and the other portion thrown over .the tube 8, whereuponany form of knot may be tied. The arms which support the U-shape loop .6converge towards each other from points adjacent the wings and extenddownwardly .only to points.

ap roximately opposite the lower edge of a col ar button when locatedinsaid seat, so

that when a bow-tie is used said arms do not appear below the lower edgeof the tie. The fastener, together with the tie, is then slippedunder'the collar bands, and the slotted or- 'tion of lthe fastenerallowed to engage a utton 11. When the neck-tie is once fastened to thefastener it can be removed Without untying the tie and Without removingit therefrom, and Without any trouble; the entire fastener, togetherwith the tie, being read* ily removed by simply raising the slottedportion out of its seat and slipping the Wings of the fastener fromunder the collar.

It is obvious from the description that the fastener is made out of asingle strand of Wire or other resilient material, but this invention isnot restricted to the use of a con-. tinuous piece of Wire or othermaterial, the main object being to form the loops, together with abutton receiving portion, as specified. It is thus seen that the necktiefastener is composed of a central body as at 3, two Wings in the formAof loops 2 and 7 at the ends of said body, and a center-piece 5extending in front of the body 3 and provided at its middle With a loo 6forming a recess extending toward said Eody, said re. cess being adaptedto embrace thecollar button, thereby holding the body and wings abovesaid collar button. It Will also be noted from Fig. .3 that the Wingsand the center-piece project forwardly relative to the body so that Whenthe fastener is in place with the body at 3 engaging the collar, and theWings 2 and 7 being inserted between the folds ot the collar, and theloop 6 being under the collar button, the resiliency of the wings andcenter-piece tends to hold the parts lirmly in place.

The loop 6 is midway of the Wire strand and the members on each side 'ofsaid loop after forming the center-piece, are bent through the tube andare then bent to form loops at the ends of the tube, and the ends ofsaid strands are returned into the tube, thlceby securing the partstogether Without so r er.

,neck-tie fastener to arenas What I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent of the United States, is

1. A device of the character described formed by bending a strand ofWire upon itself to form a loop4 encasing the end` thereof in a tube;assingsaid Wire through the tube, thereupon Ibending said Wire'uponitself to form a slot, thence passingv said strand through said tube andout of said tube, and finally bending said strand upon itself to form aloop, and securing the respective ends.

2. A neck-tie fastener comprising a tube anda Wire strand, the latterbein bent midway between its ends to form a oop to engage acollar-button, and each of the memers of the Wire on opposite sides ofsaid loo being bent and crossed u on each other an eXtendin through thetu e and bent at each end of t e tube to form loops, and the ends ofsaid strand being returned into and fastened in said tube.

3.A neck-tie fastener consisting of a strand of Wire and a tube, saidstrand of Wire being bent in the middle, forming a U to engage in thebutton holding the front of a turned-down collar, the limbs of saidstrand of Wire being thence bent out and curved vback toward each dther,both passing and Acrossing each other through the tube, then extendingout' in opposite directions each formin aloop upon ltself, returning toand the en s resting 1n said tube, the pur ose of these last-named loos'being to ena le the the collar.

In testimony whereof, 'I have hereunto set my hand at Los AngelesCalifornia this 28th day of April 1906.

- 'GDEGN LE SAGE. A* In presence of- ANTON GLOETZNER, Jr.,

JULIA ToWNsENn.

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